Tag Archives: Gig Review. The Cavern

Honeybug, Gig Review. The Cavern, International Pop Overthrow. 2017.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

The sound of the electronic and the mastery of the keyboard is such that it will always gather a crowd to its door; it is the synth heaven that people remember with fondness, especially those whose musical appreciation was kicked off by what followed Punk as mainstream music. A sense of the otherworldly always seems to accompany the genre, a feeling of science fiction made real and one that arguably dominated the 80s with overwhelming power but also managed to keep the flag flying, even in a different form as the 90s and the new century took over.

Honeybug, Gig Review. The Cavern, International Pop Overthrow. 2017. full post

(396 words, estimated 1:35 mins reading time)

Lloyd And Daly, Gig Review. The Cavern, International Pop Overthrow, 2017 (Saturday).

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

The international Pop Overthrow remains one of the really great festival ideas to make its way to the Liverpool spotlight; the home of British popular music the perfect venue, the sense of graft and hard work overwhelming, yet for each band, for every artist, there is the goal of performance. For Lloyd and Daly, not only did they take The Beatles stage to task earlier in the week but on the busy Saturday, the day when the music gets deep, down and dirty, when the weekend kicks off and the social butterflies and serious music lovers intermingle amongst the memorabilia and the memory.

Lloyd And Daly, Gig Review. The Cavern, International Pop Overthrow, 2017 (Saturday). full post

(362 words, estimated 1:27 mins reading time)

Stootsie, Gig Review. The Cavern, Liverpool. International Pop Overthrow 2017.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Arguably one of the points of life is too feel the words of another culture and take them on board, to live, if possible, in the realms of their thoughts and how they themselves translate their feelings into your own peculiar language; it is the point of life, it is at the heart, soul and ethos of the International Pop Overthrow and one carried with great justification by the Austrian musician Stootsie.

Stootsie, Gig Review. The Cavern, Liverpool. International Pop Overthrow 2017. full post

(439 words, estimated 1:45 mins reading time)

The Cherry Bluestorms, Gig Review. The Cavern, Liverpool. International Pop Overthrow 2017.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

The vibe is assured, the sense of what drove the Summer of Love from the far off beaches of Los Angeles, of the cool sunglasses wearing bohemia that sent out a shock wave of hope across the states of America and in amongst turbulent times, in the fear that was almost catastrophic and inescapable, a light shined brightly, it took hold manifested itself and saw it become a serious movement, one all to brief, one all too short but nevertheless one that burned optimistically for the most wonderful of moments.

The Cherry Bluestorms, Gig Review. The Cavern, Liverpool. International Pop Overthrow 2017. full post

(436 words, estimated 1:45 mins reading time)

Lloyd and Daly, Gig Review. The Cavern, Liverpool. International Pop Overthrow 2017.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

It might be one of the most visited music venues on the planet, not only for the hungry masses enjoying a gig and relaxing as they hopefully take in some expertly played musicianship and stunning lyrics but also for those whose sightseeing just happens to take in the venue, the fifteen minutes of fame as they walk between taking in the glory of Liverpool’s impressive docks and the history that makes the city so vibrant, for them a moment with the back drop of the one of the most iconic walls in the world behind them is an absolute must.

Lloyd and Daly, Gig Review. The Cavern, Liverpool. International Pop Overthrow 2017. full post

(424 words, estimated 1:42 mins reading time)

Mac and Clague, Gig Review. The Cavern, Liverpool. International Pop Overthrow 2017.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

In amongst the strange beguiling beauty that enraptures and the knowledge of artistic endeavour, if you look very closely you will find the unexpected wedged in with most perfect of fits; that the fit in this case belongs to the genuinely exciting Mac and Clague as they stand on stage inside The Cavern, that is blending of splendour and exotic that is always the final result that anybody could ask for.

Mac and Clague, Gig Review. The Cavern, Liverpool. International Pop Overthrow 2017. full post

(392 words, estimated 1:34 mins reading time)

Alison Green, Gig Review. The Cavern, Liverpool. I.P.O. (2017).

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

The smaller stage inside The Cavern is perhaps one that does not get the big audiences, however in amongst the memorabilia and the scrawled on graffiti, the pictures of the greats and the memorable, there is always a very loyal crowd hovering in the tight fitting space and the haunting memories of the underground venue that established British popular music as the envy of the world.

Alison Green, Gig Review. The Cavern, Liverpool. I.P.O. (2017). full post

(436 words, estimated 1:45 mins reading time)

Alison Green, Gig Review. The Cavern, Liverpool. International Pop Overthrow (2016).

Alison Green at The Cavern, Liverpool. Iternational Pop Overthrow 2016. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cut through the noise, reduce everything around you to a state of near silence, not so much pin dropping but that rare beat in which nobody breathes, nobody exhales or makes the slightest murmur at the exact same time, hack away at everything that detracts the senses and leave the bloodied corpses of indifference laying in their own pool of unreasonable understanding; for when Alison Green travels to the International Pop Overthrow, the event is one to savour for all its worth.

Alison Green, Gig Review. The Cavern, Liverpool. International Pop Overthrow (2016). full post

(452 words, 1 image, estimated 1:48 mins reading time)

King Mojo, Gig Review. The Cavern, Liverpool. International Pop Overthrow (2016).

King Mojo at The Cavern in Liverpool. May 2016. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

The area around Middlesbrough, the town to which clings to the edge of the North East and its old Yorkshire heritage for all its worth, has had many excuse recently to party in celebration and joy as its sporting heroes place the town back once more in its arguably rightful place. It is one that is deserved but also tempered by the reality of government inaction, of a feeling of bitterness and anger at the way the area has been left to its own devices and face ruination at the hands of the dirty side of politics.

King Mojo, Gig Review. The Cavern, Liverpool. International Pop Overthrow (2016). full post

(396 words, 1 image, estimated 1:35 mins reading time)

The Theme, Gig Review. The Cavern, Liverpool. International Pop Overthrow (2016).

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

The look may have altered slightly, the line up somewhat different, however, there should be no doubting that the aspiration and kudos attached to the London band The Theme, the sound of a million marching ideas and clean cut lyrics remains the same, remains compelling and clear; this is still The Theme, this is still life as lovers of the International Pop Overthrow would know and understand.

The Theme continue the good work laid down in the recent past and whilst the band have changed some personnel, the commitment to the scene, to the rush of truthful grandeur and roughly inspired life continues unabated and with strength in depth.

The Theme, Gig Review. The Cavern, Liverpool. International Pop Overthrow (2016). full post

(354 words, estimated 1:25 mins reading time)